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Sahlep...
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08 Jun 2006 Thu 07:48 pm |
selam...
I discovered info about this drink when i was hanging around my favorite bookshop few days ago. I haven't taste this drink which is supposed to be made from wild orchid roots?
I want to try this drink... but now i'm back to my hometown in Southeast Asia for awhile. Can I buy this product online and deliver to my country? Which brand or producer should i choose?
Thanks in advance...
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08 Jun 2006 Thu 07:50 pm |
Quoting phoena: selam...
I discovered info about this drink when i was hanging around my favorite bookshop few days ago. I haven't taste this drink which is supposed to be made from wild orchid roots?
I want to try this drink... but now i'm back to my hometown in Southeast Asia for awhile. Can I buy this product online and deliver to my country? Which brand or producer should i choose?
Thanks in advance... |
i hope you can buy it online, but i dont know. maybe you can see it as "salep" too!
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08 Jun 2006 Thu 08:36 pm |
A few words about salep. (please stop laughing everyone, I will try and say only a FEW words)
First of all, it was my understanding that it was made from hyacinth roots, but never mind because you can't taste anything 'root' about it. it is heavily flavoured with cinnamon and very sweet.
It is a strange consistency. It is thick, white and semi opaque and is hard to swallow.
Another thing about it is, it depends on where you drink it. Some places make it very badly and others really well. i have my favourite place in Ayvalik and that is the only place I have it.
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08 Jun 2006 Thu 10:21 pm |
selam Lyndie,
Your explanation is very good! I see that you drink the freshly made salep/sahlep but is it available in powder mix or convenient pack/sachets - like instant drink mix?
Do you drink it with other snacks like coffee with biscotti for example?
Hmm... must be very good during winter months
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08 Jun 2006 Thu 10:34 pm |
Quoting phoena: is it available in powder mix or convenient pack/sachets - like instant drink mix?
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Yes, it is. In markets it's sold as powder in package, and you just make it like coffee. I don't know much about it because I don't like sahlep. But I heard that the ready ones are never like the real ones outside.
like this one
and liquid one as well
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09 Jun 2006 Fri 12:38 am |
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09 Jun 2006 Fri 02:39 am |
Oh but I do like it! Its just one of those things that if its not made properly its not too nice. But in the Pastane in Ayvalik, they make it perfectly and on a windy winters day, there is just nothing like a big cup of boiling hot salep drunk inside in the warm looking out at the Aegean all rough and grey!
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09 Jun 2006 Fri 02:58 am |
Phoena:
You can buy sahlep by internet at this adress:
http://www.ccnow.com/cgi-local/sc_cart.cgi?8885147967467604
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09 Jun 2006 Fri 03:13 am |
"sahlep" as a spice is derived from bulbs of a certain orchid. İt is sold in spice shops, in the form of a white powder.
"sahlep" as a family hot drink is for very cold nights, and is considered to be a remedy if you are showing signs of a cold or coughing.
The authentic recipe is: You mix a teaspoonful of sahlep powder per coffeemug milk, with sugar to taste and bring it to boiling point, on slow heat. You must keep stirring the mix with a wooden spoon constantly, until it boils.
It is served in coffeemugs and is always sprinkled with cinnamon before it is served.
A decent Turk would never stoop down to drink American style sahlep sold in sachets.
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04 Aug 2006 Fri 04:27 pm |
I just discovered an article about Sahlep...
" Two features distinguish Turkish ice cream: texture and resistance to melting. It is much tougher and chewier than that of sundae-like or other commercially produced ice cream; the unusual texture is produced by the use of salep and mastic resin as thickening agents, together with other flavorings. It is sometimes sold from carts as street food, where the mixture is churned regularly with long-handled paddles to keep it workable.
The Kahramanmaraþ region is known for its distinct dondurma, which contains more salep than usual; it is much tougher and stickier, and may even require a knife and fork to eat!
The popularity of the salep flavor in Turkish icecream has caused a decline in the populations of the region's wild orchids. For this reason it is illegal to ship true salep out of the country."
So, what's inside the packets of Sahlep pre-mixed drinks that sold online? I'm holding back my order...
Here's a link about the plant:> http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/o/orchid13.html
I also hope that the Wild Orchids will replant back by manufacturers so that it won't extinct in the wilderness...IF not try to plant it as mass production/ commercialise the plant without touching the wild ones (like farmed salmon).
I'm really interested to purchase this drink...Can someone help me on this?
PS> I don't know why i can't type the turkish alphabet-S with her tail.. It don't want to display in Forum's post but i can type that in chat room. I hope the moderator/Webamster can do something about that. Is really uncomfortable that each time i typed that character, it appeared as '?'
Thank you
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04 Aug 2006 Fri 05:11 pm |
The parts of your article about how the ice cream gets strong and sticky sound more like Damla sakızlı icecream than Sahlep though!
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06 Aug 2006 Sun 08:09 pm |
Quoting Deli_kizin: The parts of your article about how the ice cream gets strong and sticky sound more like Damla sakýzlý icecream than Sahlep though! |
Hi Deli_kizin,
You're refering to the traditional Turkish dessert, damla sakýzlý muhallebi aka gum drop pudding/flavoured ice cream?
Anyway, the article is about the usage of sahlep in dondurma and in Kahramanmaraþ region their version of dondurma is thicker/thickest than of other regions of Turkey...
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21 Aug 2006 Mon 11:37 pm |
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